Pumpkin Patch!

This week in the garden it was all about the pumpkins. The seeds that we planted last spring sprouted successfully and grew into eight large pumpkins. 



Garden Projects:

• The kids eagerly harvested the pumpkins and then weeded the garden bed for future planting.
• We planted a navel orange tree that was donated by the Orange County Great Park.

Activity Theme: Cooperation

The kids worked in small groups to create a design for each of the pumpkins. They had to collaborate to come up with one design per group and then worked together to decorate the pumpkin with their design using permanent markers, puffy paint, and stickers. It was nice to see how well they worked together.

Next week: Tasting what's growing in the garden. Garden Journals.